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The existence of LA was first proved in the (*** century) by (name), who observed the use of a unique, well-defined language used by the first (wave) of (Humans) while researching historical records held by (the First). Efforts have since been made to continue analysis and documentation of both the culture and the language used by this first era of (Humans) whenever possible.
The existence of LA was first proved in the (*** century) by (name), who observed the use of a unique, well-defined language used by the first (wave) of (Humans) while researching historical records held by (the First). Efforts have since been made to continue analysis and documentation of both the culture and the language used by this first era of (Humans) whenever possible.
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PIE is thought to have had a complex system of morphology that included inflections (suffixing of roots, as in who, whom, whose), and ablaut (vowel alterations, as in sing, sang, sung). Nouns used a sophisticated system of declension and verbs used a similarly sophisticated system of conjugation.
==Phonology==


There is no written evidence of Proto-Indo-European, so all knowledge of the language is derived by reconstruction from later languages using linguistic techniques such as the comparative method and the method of internal reconstruction.
==Phonology==


===Consonants===
PIE
Labiovelar consonants include [kw, gw, xw, ngw] which are pronounced like [k, g, x, ng] but with rounded lips.
Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate (the back part of the roof of the mouth, known also as the velum). They include [k, g, x, ng].
Palatovelar consonants are articulated with the back part of the tongue against the hard palate. They include [k', g', x', ng']. For example, [k'] is pronounced as the k in keen.


===Vowels===
PAA
PAA
a six-vowel system which consists of short /a/, /i/, /u/ and long /aa/, /ii/, /uu/;
a six-vowel system which consists of short /a/, /i/, /u/ and long /aa/, /ii/, /uu/;
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use of semivowels /w/ and /j/ in the role of consonants.
use of semivowels /w/ and /j/ in the role of consonants.


PIE
====Monophthongs====
Labiovelar consonants include [kw, gw, xw, ngw] which are pronounced like [k, g, x, ng] but with rounded lips.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate (the back part of the roof of the mouth, known also as the velum). They include [k, g, x, ng].
|-
Palatovelar consonants are articulated with the back part of the tongue against the hard palate. They include [k', g', x', ng']. For example, [k'] is pronounced as the k in keen.
! !! colspan="2" | Front !! colspan="2" | Near-Front !! colspan="2" | Central !! colspan="2" | Near-Back !! colspan="2" | Back
|-
! !! Short !! Long !! Short !! Long !! Short !! Long !! Short !! Long !! Short !! Long
|-
| '''Close''' || i || iː || || || || || || || u || uː
|-
| '''Mid''' || (e) || (eː) || || || || əː|| || || o || oː
|-
| '''Open''' || || || || || a || aː || || || ||
|}


====Diphthongs====


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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